Filter guide by "NOT Paid Programming"?

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I see that it's easy to filter the guide to show only movies, only
sports, and so on. Is there a way to show all shows EXCEPT those
described as "Paid Programming"? On a weekend morning it seems like 75%
of the shows on my Comcast digital cable are infomercials.

I tinkered with excluding infomercials in a category (genre) Wishlist,
but to my surprise commercial programming is not listed as a genre. It's
a HUGE category of programming, yet I didn't see it in TiVo's list of
categories.

Thanks.

 

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In article <mNGUe.2279$JN5.1530@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>,
Johnson-Sanders <john-san@pacbell.net> wrote:

> I see that it's easy to filter the guide to show only movies, only
> sports, and so on. Is there a way to show all shows EXCEPT those
> described as "Paid Programming"? On a weekend morning it seems like 75%
> of the shows on my Comcast digital cable are infomercials.
>
> I tinkered with excluding infomercials in a category (genre) Wishlist,
> but to my surprise commercial programming is not listed as a genre. It's
> a HUGE category of programming, yet I didn't see it in TiVo's list of
> categories.
>
> Thanks.

Yes, Filter out PPV channels (99-199) from your favorites and view
Favorite channels.

 

[Howard]

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Jack Zwick <jackzwick@yahoo.com> wrote in news:jackzwick-
C395E6.16400210092005@newsclstr02.news.prodigy.com:

> In article <mNGUe.2279$JN5.1530@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>,
> Johnson-Sanders <john-san@pacbell.net> wrote:
>
>> I see that it's easy to filter the guide to show only movies, only
>> sports, and so on. Is there a way to show all shows EXCEPT those
>> described as "Paid Programming"? On a weekend morning it seems like 75%
>> of the shows on my Comcast digital cable are infomercials.
>>
>> I tinkered with excluding infomercials in a category (genre) Wishlist,
>> but to my surprise commercial programming is not listed as a genre. It's
>> a HUGE category of programming, yet I didn't see it in TiVo's list of
>> categories.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> Yes, Filter out PPV channels (99-199) from your favorites and view
> Favorite channels.

Swing and a miss.

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[Guest]

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Jack Zwick wrote:
> In article <mNGUe.2279$JN5.1530@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>,
> Johnson-Sanders <john-san@pacbell.net> wrote:
>>Is there a way to show all shows EXCEPT those
>>described as "Paid Programming"?
>
> Yes, Filter out PPV channels (99-199) from your favorites and view
> Favorite channels.

"Paid Programming", aka "infomercials", are *NEVER* shown on PPV
channels, to that bit of advice is completely useless.
-Joe

 

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In article <M-GdnZ2dnZ3F8ZvznZ2dnetmvt6dnZ2dRVn-052dnZ0@comcast.com>,
Joe Smith <joe@inwap.com> wrote:

> Jack Zwick wrote:
> > In article <mNGUe.2279$JN5.1530@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>,
> > Johnson-Sanders <john-san@pacbell.net> wrote:
> >>Is there a way to show all shows EXCEPT those
> >>described as "Paid Programming"?
> >
> > Yes, Filter out PPV channels (99-199) from your favorites and view
> > Favorite channels.
>
> "Paid Programming", aka "infomercials", are *NEVER* shown on PPV
> channels, to that bit of advice is completely useless.
> -Joe


I think "paid programming" was misinterpreted by the responder as PPV.

I long ago gave a Suggested infomercial three thumbs down and haven't
been bothered since. I don't see how you can keep them out of the
general listings.